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Our Substack Story: SEPTEMBER Reflections | Episode Eight

**Whilst this is both Claire and I chatting on the podcast, the podcast as a Substack post is just coming from my Substack this month as Claire is temporarily stepping ba

Our Substack Story: JULY & AUGUST Reflections | Episode Seven

Why, hello! We are back podcasting after a summer break. How are you all? Have you had a good summer? Both Claire and I feel like we’ve had a necessary break. I say nece

Our Substack Story: JUNE Reflections | Episode Six

In this month’s podcast Claire and I discuss: * Pausing paid subscriptions for the summer. * Losing paid subscribers. * Sending out newsletters with the ‘preview’ opti

#10. Using Pinterest to Find a Better Way of Connecting with Trona Freeman

Trona Freeman is a specialist in SEO, Pinterest management and content marketing for small businesses (and yes, that includes writers and authors). I was thrilled to cha

Our Substack Story: MAY Reflections | Episode Five

Claire and I were both a little shocked when the end of the month rolled into view - which kind of explains our shock at the beginning of this podcast that it was now tim

Our Substack Story: APRIL Reflections | Episode Four

This is a podcast by Helen Redfern and Claire Holden. If you enjoyed this podcast please do share it and let us know. We’d love to hear from you. Hello and welcome to o

Our Substack Story: March Reflections | Episode Three

This is a podcast by Helen Redfern and Claire Holden. If you enjoyed this podcast please do share it and let us know. We’d love to hear from you. Hello and welcome to o

Our Substack Story: February Reflections | Episode Two

This is a podcast by Helen Redfern and Claire Holden. Hello and welcome to our second episode of our podcast about our Substack journey. This is a podcast about our pro

#9 What are the lessons I learned from running a mentoring and writing business in 2022? | Solo Episode

A solo episode of Hiding Under the Desk where I unpack what I learned from 2022 with my mentoring and writing business. A couple of weeks ago I made the sad decision to

Our Substack Story

This is a podcast by Helen Redfern and Claire Holden. If you enjoyed this podcast please do share it and let us know. We’d love to hear from you. Today we are delighted

#8. Working Out the Challenges I Have in my Writing & Mentoring Business: Solo Episode

Welcome to Episode # 8 of Hiding Under the Desk the podcast for unconfident but ambitious creatives. This is a solo episode, a rather chatty episode where I talk about

#7. The Way of the Fearless Writer: An Interview with Beth Kempton.

Beth Kempton is an author, Japanologist and writer mentor. She is also my teacher as I took her course, The Book Proposal Masterclass last year. I was so thrilled to in

#6. How Post Its Encouraged Me To Stop 'Chasing the Sparkly' & Made Me More Productive with Increased Self Belief: Solo Episode.

Today is a solo episode. I share my experiences of ‘chasing the sparkly’ where I look at other writer’s and creative’s success stories and feel that I should follow their

#5. How Your Real Life Can Affect Your Creativity: Solo Episode.

Today is a solo episode. I wanted a ‘catch up’ episode where I share where I am with my creativity at the moment after a low period in my life. I talk about: My Substa

#4. From a Writer Too Scared to Put Herself Out There to Published Author of 22 Books: An Interview With Deborah Carr

What an absolute thrill and joy to interview Deborah Carr today. Deborah is the author of historical fiction including her most recent The Beekeeper’s War. Deborah also

#3. From Feeling Like it Was Too Late to Published Author of Psychological Thrillers. An Interview with Zoe Lea

Today I’m delighted to be sharing the interview with Zoe Lea. Zoe is the author of the psychological thrillers If He Wakes and The Secretary. I’ve known Zoe online for m

#2. From Chronic Non-Finisher to Writing, Uploading & Publishing 31 Articles in One Month. An Interview With Carla Calvert.

My Substack address is now helenredfern.substack.com Well, interviewing writer Carla Calvert was an absolute joy. Carla is one of the original members of The Confident C

#1. From the Writer Who Didn't Write to the Writer Who Does. An Interview With Claire Holden.

When fear of having no ideas and not understanding the steps to take can stop you from starting your creative journey. “I know that I’m supposed to write…but I didn’t kn

Introducing Hiding Under the Desk - the Podcast

This is the very first, very short episode of Hiding Under the Desk, my brand new, and very first, podcast. It gives you an idea about what my intentions are with this p